John Baptist Yang Xiaoting

John Baptist Yang Xiaoting (Chinese: 杨晓亭; born April 9, 1964) was a Chinese Catholic priest and Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Yan'an since 2011.[1]

John Baptist Yang Xiaoting
Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Yan'an
ProvinceShaanxi
DioceseRoman Catholic Diocese of Yan'an
Installed2011
PredecessorFrancis Tong Hui
Orders
Ordination1991
Personal details
Born (1964-04-09) April 9, 1964
Zhouzhi County, Shaanxi, China
NationalityChinese
DenominationRoman Catholic
Coat of arms
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese楊曉亭
Simplified Chinese杨晓亭
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Yang.

Biography

Yang was born in Zhouzhi County, Shaanxi, on April 9, 1964. He was ordained a priest on August 28, 1991.

He accepted the episcopacy with the papal mandate on July 15, 2010. On March 25, 2011, after the death of his predecessor, he became bishop of the Yan'an.

In 2010, he was elected vice-chairman of the Bishops Conference of Catholic Church in China (BCCCC). In December 2016 he was elected vice-president of the Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association.

In October 2018, Yang attended Mass with Joseph Guo Jincai at St. Peter's Square in the Vatican City, after China and the Vatican signed an interim agreement on the appointment of bishops last month.[2]

References
  1. 杨晓亭主教的先进事迹. sara.gov.cn (in Chinese). 2018.
  2. 两名中国主教抵梵参会 教皇热烈欢迎. takungpao.com (in Chinese). 2018-10-04.
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